Dr Niamh Cummins

Supervisor

Dr Niamh Cummins

Ireland
University of Limerick

Research Interests: Education, Mental Health, Older Adult, Professional Development, Staff Wellbeing, Public Health, Research Capacity & Culture.

Methodological Expertise: Interventional, Observational, Mixed Methods, Review.

Qualifications:

BSc Physiology, MSc Public Health (by Research) PhD Biomedical Science.

Publications

The “Better Data, Better Planning” Census: A Cross-sectional, Multi-Centre Study Investigating the Factors 
influencing Patient Attendance at the Emergency Department in Ireland. Cummins NM, Garavan C, Devlin, C, Barry 
LA, Corey G, Cummins F, Ryan D, Cronin S, Wallace E, McCarthy G and Galvin R. BMC Health Services Research 
(2021) Under Peer Review 

• The Impact of COVID-19 on an Irish Emergency Department (ED): Unlocking the Factors influencing Decision to 
Attend the ED in a Repeated Measure, Cross-sectional Study. Cummins NM, Garavan C, Devlin, C, Barry LA, Corey 
G, Cummins F, Ryan D, McCarthy G and Galvin R. BMC Emergency Medicine (2021) Under Peer Review 

• Screening instruments to predict adverse outcomes for undifferentiated older adults attending the emergency 
department: Protocol for a prospective cohort study. Leahy A, Corey G, O'Neill A, Higginbotham O, Devlin, C, Barry 
LA, Cummins NM, Shanahan E, Shchetkovsky D, Ryan D, O'Connor M, Galvin R. HRB Open Res (2021) 4:2 
https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13131.1 Views* n=191 Downloads n=15 

• An observational study of the utility of continuous positive airway pressure ventilation for appropriate candidates 
in prehospital care in the Midwest region. Mac Donncha C, Cummins NM, Hennelly D, Hannigan A and Ryan D. 
Irish Journal of Medical Science (2017) 186: 2 p489. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27091195 

• ViEWS from the prehospital perspective: a comparison with a prehospital score to triage categorisation in the 
emergency department. Gaumont D, Cummins NM, Hannigan A and Ryan D. Irish Medical Journal (2016) 109: 6 

• E-learning on the road: online learning and social media for continuous professional competency. Batt A and 
Cummins NM. Irish Journal of Paramedicine (2016) 1: 1. Citations n=5 http://dx.doi.org/10.32378/ijp.v1i1.5 

• Confirmation of sub-optimal protocols in spinal immobilisation? Dixon M, O’Halloran J, Hannigan A, Keenan S and 
Cummins NM. Emergency Medicine Journal (2015) 32: 12 p939. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2014- 
204553 Citations n=26, Downloads n=17,533 

• Biomechanical analysis of spinal immobilisation during prehospital extrication: A proof of concept study. Dixon 
M, O’Halloran J and Cummins NM. Emergency Medicine Journal (2014) 31: 9 p745. 

• Can advanced paramedics in the field safely diagnose patients and predict hospital admission? Cummins NM, 
Dixon M, Garavan C, Landymore E, Mulligan N and O’Donnell C. Emergency Medicine Journal (2013) 30: p1043. 

• The Advanced Paramedic Clinical Activity Study (APCAS): An insight into the work of advanced paramedics in the 
Mid-West of Ireland. Cummins NM, Dixon M, Garavan C, Landymore E, Mulligan N and O’Donnell C. Irish Journal 
of Medical Science (2013) 182: 3 p469-475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-013-0915-0 Citations n=6
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